On June 23, Syria’s SANA state media headlined “Military Spokesman: Anti-Air Defenses Intercepted a Target That Violated Syrian Airspace Over Territorial Waters, Shot It Down West of Lattakia,” saying, “At 11:40 AM on 22/6/2012, an unidentified aerial target violated Syrian airspace, coming from the west at a very low altitude and at high speed over territorial waters, so the Syrian anti-air defenses counteracted with anti-aircraft artillery, hitting it directly as it was 1 kilometer away from land, causing it to crash into Syrian territorial waters west of Om al-Tuyour village in Lattakia province, 10 kilometers from the beach.”

Syria’s military spokesman also said naval forces from both countries were “searching for the two missing pilots.”

After a two hour security meeting, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed Syrian forces for downing its aircraft. An official statement said, “Following the evaluation of data provided by our related institutions and the findings of the joint search and rescue efforts with Syria, it is understood that our plane was downed by Syria.”

Turkey “will determinedly take necessary steps” in response. No further details were given.

Ankara said it wouldn’t “tolerate any action that it deemed violating its security.”

Turkish TV reports said two military aircraft were on a reconnaissance mission.

In fact, Ankara acted provocatively. Likely it was at the behest of Washington. Turkey is a NATO member. It can invoke NATO Charter Articles 4 or 5.

Article 4 calls for members to “consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence, or security of any” is threatened.

Article 5 considers an armed attack (real or otherwise) against one or more members, an attack against all, and calls for collective self-defense.

On June 23, Reuters headlined “Turkey warns it would respond decisively to Syria downing it aircraft,” saying, Erdogan’s “initial comments and subsequent statement (were) measured in tone. He said Turkish and Syrian forces were working together to search for the two missing crew of the aircraft.”

Turkish media also said Syria has apologized for the incident.

“Turkish state television interviewed witnesses on the country’s Mediterranean coast, near the Syrian border, who said they saw two low-flying fighter jets pass overhead in the morning in the direction of Syrian waters but only one return.”

The New York Times said an official Turkish statement hadn’t “yet concluded that the Syrian action was provocative, and it acknowledged that Syrian rescue teams were cooperating in trying to locate the aircraft and crew.”

“But the statement also left open the possibility that Turkey, a NATO member, would respond militarily, an outcome that could further complicate and widen the Syrian conflict.”

Washington has longstanding regime change plans. In early 2011, it orchestrated Western-generated violence.

It wants Assad replaced by a subservient puppet leader. If events on the ground don’t succeed, expect war to follow.

Events on the ground keep escalating dangerously. Anything may erupt anytime. Provocations are easy to stage.

Friday’s incident may indeed become a casus belli for full-scale intervention. If not, perhaps something greater is planned to let Obama ravage another country. What better way to silence his Republican critics who call him soft on Assad.

“During the entire operation conducted by the downed jet, Syria made no attempt to contact Turkish authorities by any means.”

“We will, without any hesitation, decisively take the necessary steps regarding the Turkish plane downed by Syria. No country can show the courage to test Turkey’s patience.”

On June 24, Turkey’s Hurriyet daily said “wreckage of a Turkish jet shot down by Syria (was found) in Syrian waters….Turkish news channels reported (it) on Sunday, without citing a source.”

On June 24, Reuters headlined the truth in a two paragraph report, saying:

“Wreckage of downed Turkish jet found in Syrian waters: TV.”
“Search teams have located the wreckage of a Turkish fighter jet shot down by Syria on Friday in Syrian waters at a depth of 1,300 meters, Turkish news channels reported on Sunday, without citing a source.”

Mossad-connected DEBKAfile (DF) featured the same information, saying:

“Turkish TV: downed plane wreckage found in Syrian waters.”

Haaretz and UK-based ITV News also reported what The New York Times, Washington Post, and most other Western media sources buried. So did CNN saying:

“Turkish search-and-rescue teams found the wreckage of the fighter jet in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday, about 1,300 meters (4,260 feet) underwater….”

Omitted was saying the aircraft was found in Syrian waters. Other major US media also suppressed what most needs explaining.

Damascus has every right to consider these type actions aggressive and threatening. Turkey would react the same way. So would Washington, key NATO partners and Israel.

A virtual state of war exists in Syria short of officially declaring it. These type incidents can easily be used as pretexts for full-blown conflict.

Everybody is hearing the distressing war sounds but this time by an Islamist(!) government which always stresses on public sovereignty. The question that should be asked Erdogan is Why the reaction to flotilla attack by Israel was not that strong as in Syria case.Nine civilians were brutally killed in international territorial waters.

Turkish citizens are silently watching the upcoming war with many questions in minds.With a great disappointment of having war scenarios between two muslim brother countries.Everybody rightfully questions Turkish policy change with Syria after establishing strong ties which ends in war threats.

Considering the deadlock experienced in Iraq, America deploys an Islamic (!) government to take action in the region in order to terminate the support of Syria to resistance.This will distort the awakening courses of Islamic nations in the region.

It is obvious that the next is Syria but the aggression is not by Us,by its peon government in the region.

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